Controversary

In a September 2015 article posted by Wrestling Inc.com, Watson was the object of racist remarks made by current WWE NXT diva Aaliyah. According to the article and its supporting sources, the remarks by Aaliyah were made via her twitter account during the summer of 2014 at an unspecified wrestling show in Canada, before she joined WWE. The following remarks posted during the time her twitter account was active include:

"My slave Preston Myles needs to stop acting like I weigh 200 lbs!" she wrote in the summer of 2014. "Someone buy me a whip plz!"

Myles gave a simple reply that followed:

"I'm just gonna drop you next time."

Another twitter member posted a reply aimed at Aaliyah for her remarks towards Myles stating

"I'm gonna find u. Pick u up. And drop u on @prestonmyles behalf"

While this was the first and only known incident involving Myles, the article described this as only one out of several instances involving Aaliyah's racial comments. It did not state any further responses from Myles involving this particular incident. The article reported WWE issued a statement on Aaliyah's behalf, stating an alleged investigation revealed the comments were made by someone else using her account. The account has since been deactivated and Aaliyah issued a general apology to those offended.